#B5942A#B5942A

#B5942A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.125 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5942A
RGB	rgb(181, 148, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 1.66, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 56.98, 88.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0014 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.125 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0656, 31.1726, 6.6234)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5942A #2A4BB5

analogous

#B54E2A #B5942A #90B52A

triadic

#B5942A #2AB594 #942AB5

tetradic

#B5942A #2AB54E #2A4BB5 #B52A90

square

#B5942A #2AB54E #2A4BB5 #B52A90

split-complementary

#B5942A #2A90B5 #4E2AB5

monochromatic

#524313 #836B1E #B5942A #D4B348 #E0C879

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B5942A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#B5942A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5942A

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5942A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5942A	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5942a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 148, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.125 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb36c',
    500: '#b5942a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5942a;
$custom-light: #cfb36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5942a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67872,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5942A

secondary

#7387C8

accent

#69E542

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EC

border

#D3CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5942A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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